Asplanchna

{{Short description|Genus of rotifers}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Asplanchna priodontata.jpg

|image_caption = Asplanchna priodontata

|taxon = Asplanchna

|authority = Gosse, 1850

|synonyms = Aplanchna Gosse, 1850

}}

Asplanchna is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Asplanchnidae.{{cite web |title=Asplanchna Gosse, 1850 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1001916 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=9 March 2021 |language=en}}

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

• Asplanchna brightwellii Gosse, 1850
• Aplanchna priodonta Gosse, 1850
• Aplanchna asymmetrica Shiel & Koste, 1985
• Aplanchna girodi de Guerne, 1888
• Aplanchna herricki de Guerne, 1888
• Aplanchna intermedia Hudson, 1886
• Aplanchna sieboldii (Leydig, 1854)
• Aplanchna silvestrii Daday, 1902
• Aplanchna tropica Koste & Tobias, 1989